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The Independent UK
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Isobel Lewis

Rare first edition ‘Emma’ becomes most expensive Jane Austen novel ever sold

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A rare first edition of Jane Austen’s Emma has become the most expensive novel by the author ever sold.

The three-volume edition of Austen’s 1815 book includes a handwritten message “from the author” and was bought for £375,000, the highest amount any printed work by the novelist has sold for.

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